Method for inputting Chinese characters using mortise and tenon joint structures for Chinese characters formed by building members

ABSTRACT

Disclosed are mortise and tenon joint structures for Chinese characters formed by building members having the same or different configurations, and a method for inputting Chinese characters by using the building members. The Chinese characters are de-structured such that each Chinese character consists one or more radicals which are formed by the mortise and tenon joint structures or variants thereof. The variants of the mortise and tenon joint structures are formed by shift, rotation or combination of shift and rotation of the building members of the mortise and tenon joint structures. This establishes an inputting method between the Latin letters and Chinese characters.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a divisional application of U.S. application Ser.No. 16/558,046, filed on Aug. 31, 2019, which is a continuation ofInternational Application No. PCT/CN2018/074642 with a filing date ofJan. 31, 2018 claims the benefit of priority from Chinese ApplicationNo. 201710138590.8, filed on Mar. 9, 2017. The content of theaforementioned applications, including any intervening amendmentsthereto, are incorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present application relates to input and object teaching of Chinesecharacters using an input interface, more particularly, to a Chinesecharacter structuring member, a system of mortise and tenon jointstructures of Chinese characters formed by the Chinese characterstructuring member and a method for inputting Chinese characters, inwhich Chinese characters are taught using letters and numerals, and theteaching, writing and input of the Chinese characters areinternationalized in displays of Chinese character structures andteaching of Chinese characters.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Since 1980s, there are hundreds of teaching methods for Chinesecharacters in the field of Chinese information processing. However, theChinese characters are taught using letters and numerals and theteaching and writing of the Chinese characters are internationalized forthe first time in the present invention, i.e., shapes of strokes of theChinese characters are converted into that of Latin letters to helpstudents whose first language is Latin to enhance their memory inlearning Chinese, providing them with letter basis for memory. There arehundreds of thousands of methods using Chinese character coding, whichcan be divided into three categories: phonetic coding, shape coding anda combination thereof. The current status of the input methods of theChinese characters is that despite the advantages of the mentioned inputmethods, a great difficulty has been brought to users due to thedisadvantages of the mentioned input methods, such as inaccuratepronunciations, too many homophones and too many radicals of thecomplicated Chinese characters to remember.

The Chinese character is greatly destroyed as the result of pursuing therapid input, also the rules of the radicals are hard to remember due tothe meaning of the Chinese character is neglected, which caused a hugewaste of many resources when inputting or learning Chinese characters,such as human resource, material resources and financial resources.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

A Chinese character structuring member, a system of mortise and tenonjoint structures of Chinese characters formed by the Chinese characterstructuring member and a method for inputting the Chinese characters areprovided in the present invention to overcome technical problems in theprior art.

In a first aspect, provided is a Chinese character structuring member,comprising a plurality of entity components of different lengths, andthe entity components of the Chinese characters adopt one of thefollowing three structures:

a first structure provided with a connecting mechanism at the middleand/or one end or both ends of the entity component configured to joinwith other entity components of the Chinese characters;

a second structure provided with a connecting mechanism extending fromone end of the entity component to the other end of the entity componentwithout exceeding the two ends; and

a third structure provided with at least one connecting mechanism on theentity component of the Chinese character that comprises a plurality ofsub entity members connected end to end and rotatable at a joint.

The structures corresponding to Latin letters or numerals are configuredby the Chinese character structuring member of the present invention,and the core of the present invention is that radicals of Chinesecharacters are formed (written) by moving and rotating the connectingmechanism of the mortise and tenon joint structures to form all Chinesecharacters. The present invention breaks the barrier among two symbolsystems, and provides new relationships among the letters, numerals andChinese characters, and provides the (Gao's) artistic movable fontsusing the mortise and tenon joint structures of the Chinese charactersfor the Latin letters for the purpose of learning and inputting Chinesecharacters.

In some embodiments, the first structures, the second structures and thethird structures with no connecting mechanism are provided to formsimple characters.

In some embodiments, part or all of the entity components of the Chinesecharacters are formed by joining pieces which comprise:

(1) a joining piece provided with a joining unit at one end and beingsmooth at the other end, wherein no connecting mechanism is arranged ona surface of the joining piece;

(2) a joining piece provided with a joining unit at one end and beingsmooth at the other end, wherein the connecting mechanism is arranged onthe surface of the joining piece;

(3) a joining piece provided with joining units at both ends, wherein noconnecting mechanism is arranged on a surface of the joining piece; and

(4) a joining piece provided with the joining unit at both ends, whereinthe connecting mechanism is arranged on the surface of the joiningpiece.

The joining piece is beneficial to adjust the length of the entitycomponents of the Chinese characters, and the design for the length ofthe entity components of the Chinese characters is simplified, so thatthe Chinese characters are formed through a small number of entitycomponents of the Chinese characters.

In some embodiments, an entity component of the Chinese character is setto be a standard entity component, and lengths of other entitycomponents of the Chinese characters are 0.25-4 times longer than thatof the standard entity component of the Chinese character, so thatcharacters of all proportions are formed.

In some embodiments, the connecting mechanism is a nylon fastener, amagnet or a mortise and tenon joint structure, by which different entitycomponents of the Chinese characters are connected. The entitycomponents of the Chinese characters are connected through the adoptedmortise and tenon joint structures which are provided with a mortise, aslot, a groove, or a protrusion or a groove for engagement. A rabbet, amortise, a slot or a groove also can be adopted by part entitycomponents of the Chinese characters to realize the connection betweensuch entity components with linch pin, and specifically, the followingstructures can be adopted: a mortise and tenon joint using tenons of twodifferent lengths, a mortise and tenon joint using dowel, a dovetailjoint, a haunch mortise and tenon joint, a mortise and tenon joint usinga through supporting piece, a mortise and tenon joint using three slopedtenons, and a mortise and tenon joint with chuck tenon. The mortise andtenon joint is not only an ancient construction technique, but acultural patterns formed in the history. Through the separation,connection and insertion of members in the construction, the mostsuggestive and perceptive symbols in Chinese classical culture arematerialized into a visual language of modern art that conforms to theLatin alphabet and brings the Chinese character to live by showing thespirit hidden inside Chinese character.

In some embodiments, when the middle and one end of the entity componentof the Chinese character are provided with a mortise, or a slot, or anylon fastener, or a magnet, or when the middle and both ends of theentity component of the Chinese character are provided with a mortise, aslot, a groove, a nylon fastener, or a magnet, the mortise, the slot,the groove and the nylon fastener are integrated as one, which realizesthe diversification of the entity components of Chinese characters.

In some embodiments, the entity component of the Chinese character istwo-dimensional or three-dimensional.

When the entity component of the Chinese character is two-dimensional,the mortise, the slot and the groove penetrate such entity component,and the nylon fastener, the magnet, the groove or protrusion forengagement are arranged on the surface of the entity component.

When the entity component of the Chinese character is three-dimensional,the mortise and the slot are arranged on the surface of the entitycomponent and are carved into the entity component with a certain depth,or the mortise, the slot and the groove are arranged on four sides ofthe entity component, or the mortise, the slot and the groove arearranged on and penetrate two opposite sides of the entity components;the nylon fastener, the magnet and the groove or protrusion forengagement are arranged on at least one side of the three-dimensionalentity component of the Chinese character.

A nail-shaped component is also provided, and both the two-dimensionalentity components of the Chinese characters and the three-dimensionalentity components of the Chinese characters are connected and/or fixedby the nail-shaped component.

In some embodiments, the two-dimensional entity components of theChinese characters are rectangles, and specifically being rectangleswith equal width or unequal widths, or rounded rectangles. Thethree-dimensional entity components of the Chinese characters arecylinders, and specifically being cylinders with equal thickness orunequal thicknesses, or a square cylinder, such as cylinders with equalthickness. The structure of the entity components of the Chinesecharacters is completely different from the structure of the radical forforming the Chinese character.

For the purpose of learning and application, the two-dimensional (orthree-dimensional) Chinese characters are formed by arranging the entitycomponents of the two-dimensional (or three-dimensional) Chinesecharacters.

In some embodiments, a connecting bolt is further provided, and when theconnecting mechanism is a mortise, a slot or a groove, the connectingbolt passes through the connecting mechanisms of two or three entitycomponents of the Chinese characters to connect these entity componentstogether, and the end of connecting bolt protrudes from or is flush withthe entity components of the Chinese characters. The Chinese characterformed by the connecting bolt is easily hanged when the connecting boltprotrudes from the entity components of the Chinese characters.

In some embodiments, the entity component of the Chinese character ismade of wood, plastic, metal, glass or any combination thereof. Variousmaterials help to realize the mortise and tenon joint structures anddiverse displays.

In a second aspect, provided is a system of Chinese characters formed bymortise and tenon joint structures. Part or all of capital Latin lettersand/or part or all of lowercase Latin letters are squared according toproportions of Chinese characters, and part or all of the squaredstrokes of the Chinese characters are stacked, overlapped or insertedwith each other at the mortise and tenon joint of the stroke members toform the mortise and tenon joint structures of Chinese characters forthe Latin letters; or part or all of the Arabic numerals of 0-9 aresquared according to the proportions of the Chinese characters, and partor all of the squared strokes of the Chinese characters are stacked,overlapped or inserted with each other at the mortise and tenon joint ofthe strokes to form the mortise and tenon joint structures of Chinesecharacters for the Arabic numbers; or part or all of the Chinesenumerals of 1-10 are squared according to the proportions of Chinesecharacters, and part or all of the squared strokes of the Chinesecharacters are stacked, overlapped or inserted with each other at themortise and tenon joint of the strokes to form the mortise and tenonjoint structures of Chinese characters for the Chinese numerals.

The system of the mortise and tenon joint structures of the Chinesecharacters configures and displays the Chinese characters throughsquaring the Latin letters or numerals. The Latin letters and numeralsare squared by the entity components of the Chinese characters using themortise and tenon joint structures of different lengths, which arefurther used to form the Chinese characters. Therefore, the connectionbetween the Latin letters and numerals that are commonly used byforeigners and the Chinese character is built by such configuration thatis different from the traditional configuration of the Chinese characterusing the radicals.

In some embodiments, the squared strokes of the Chinese characters areentity components for constituting the Chinese character structures.

In some embodiments, part or all of strokes of ancient Chinesecharacters are squared according to the proportions of the Chinesecharacters, and part or all of the squared strokes of the Chinesecharacters are stacked, overlapped or inserted with each other at themortise and tenon joints of part or all strokes to form mortise andtenon joint structures of Chinese characters for ancient Chinesecharacters. Therefore, the configuration and display of the Chinesecharacter are realized by the ancient Chinese characters.

In some embodiments, a stroke means that the writing direction isoriented in one direction with no angular bending; or the writingdirection is bent with at least one angle.

In some embodiments, a first connecting component and a secondconnecting component are arranged on the mortise and tenon jointstructures of the Chinese characters (i.e. the mortise and tenon jointstructures of the Chinese characters for the Latin letters or numerals).Two squared strokes of the mortise and tenon joint structures of thesame Chinese characters are joined by the first connecting component,and the two squared strokes are rotatable around a joint center of thefirst connecting component, and different mortise and tenon jointstructures of the Chinese characters are in fixed connection by thesecond connecting component.

Two squared strokes of the mortise and tenon joint structures of thesame Chinese characters are joined by the first connecting component,and the two squared strokes are rotatable around a joint center of thefirst connecting component, which realizes the configuration and displayof the Chinese characters by mirroring, reversing and rotating theformed structure.

In some embodiments, a third connecting component is further provided toconnect a structure formed by the second connecting component with othermortise and tenon joint structures of different Chinese characters infixed connection. The configuration and display of complicated Chinesecharacters are realized by the third connecting component.

In some embodiments, the first connecting component, the secondconnecting component and the third connecting component are a recess ora protrusion for engaging a mortise, a slot, or a groove, a connectingbolt, a magnet or a nylon fastener. A nail-shaped component is furtherprovided to connect and/or fix the Chinese character structure and theentity components of the Chinese characters. The diversity of thecombination is realized by various connecting components.

In some embodiments, when the connecting bolt is used as a connectingcomponent in the mortise and tenon joint structures of the Chinesecharacters, part or all of the squared strokes of the Chinese charactersare provided with a straight slot on the connecting component, and ajoint between the squared strokes of Chinese characters is movable alongand/or rotatable around the straight slot of the squared strokes of theChinese character connected thereto. Part squared strokes of the Chinesecharacters are moved to realize the configuration and display ofdifferent Chinese characters.

In some embodiments, an extra stroke is further provided. The extrastroke is detachably connected to the squared strokes of the Chinesecharacters, and end faces of the extra strokes and the squared strokesof the Chinese characters are same in size. The configured Chinesecharacters are conformed to the commonly used Chinese characterstructure through the extra stroke.

In a third aspect, provided is a method for inputting Chinese charactersusing mortise and tenon joint structures of Latin letters or numerals,comprising:

squaring all strokes of the Latin letters or the numerals according toproportions of Chinese characters;

stacking, overlapping and inserting part or all of the squared strokesto form mortise and tenon joint structures of Chinese characters; and

inputting the Chinese characters according to Chinese characterstructures and a mirror image, a reverse image and a rotation structurethereof;

wherein the Latin letters are in one-to-one correspondence with themortise and tenon joint structures for the Latin letters, and/or thenumerals are in one-to-one correspondence with the mortise and tenonjoint structures for the numerals; the Latin letters comprise capitalLatin letters and/or lowercase Latin letters; a correspondingrelationship between the capital Latin letters and the mortise and tenonjoint structures for the Latin letters is shown in FIG. 10 ;

a corresponding relationship between the lowercase Latin letters and themortise and tenon joint structures for the Latin letters is shown inFIG. 11 ;

a corresponding relationship between Arabic numerals and the mortise andtenon joint structures for the Arabic numerals is shown in FIG. 12 ; and

a corresponding relationship between Chinese numerals and the mortiseand tenon joint structures for the Chinese numerals is shown in FIG. 13.

The Chinese characters are conveniently and quickly input by the inputmethod, which breaks the barrier among the symbol systems and providesnew relationships among the letters, numerals and Chinese characters,and provides the (Gao's) artistic movable font using the mortise andtenon joint structures of the Chinese characters for the Latin lettersfor the purpose of inputting and learning Chinese characters.

When inputting one of the capital Latin letters C, F, H, K, N, U, Y andZ, a Chinese character structure corresponding to the capital Latinletter A is displayed.

When inputting one of capital Latin letters G, M, O, W, and P, a Chinesecharacter corresponding to the capital Latin letter D is displayed.

When input the capital Latin letter S, a Chinese character structurecorresponding to the capital Latin letter E is displayed.

When inputting one of the capital Latin letters L, T, V, and X, aChinese character structure corresponding to the capital Latin letter Jis displayed.

When input the capital Latin letter R, a Chinese character structurecorresponding to the capital Latin letter Q is displayed.

When inputting one of the lowercase Latin letters c, f, h, 1, n, t, uand z, a Chinese character structure corresponding to the lowercaseLatin letter a is displayed.

When inputting one of the lowercase Latin letters d, p, m and w, aChinese character structure corresponding to the lowercase Latin letterb is displayed.

When inputting one of the lowercase Latin letters o, s and k, a Chinesecharacter structure corresponding to the lowercase Latin letter e isdisplayed.

When inputting one of the lowercase Latin letters r, v, x and y, aChinese character structure corresponding to the lowercase Latin letterj is displayed.

Thus, the Chinese characters are input in multiple ways by the method ofthe present invention.

In some embodiments, different Chinese characters structures aredifferent in color, so that the configuration of Chinese characters areeasy to be recognized and the learning for Chinese characters arepromoted.

In some embodiments, the Chinese characters associated with multipleinterpretations thereof are stored in a database; when inputting theChinese characters or any of the interpretations, the interpretationsand the Chinese characters are di splayed on a display.

The inspiration of designing a rotatable mortise and tenon joint betweenthe structuring members of the Chinese characters is obtained from theresearch of the origin and the branch evolution of the east and westcharacters, as well as the development and changes of the alphabeticcharacters and hieroglyphics, especially the Cubism of the art historyand the mortise and tenon joint structure of China, which will form theneeded radicals for Chinese character forming. The two-dimensionalsymbol is converted to the three-dimensional symbol which breaks thebarrier among the symbol systems and provides new relationships amongthe letters, numerals and Chinese characters. The (Gao's) artisticmovable font with the mortise and tenon joint structure of the Chinesecharacter of the squared Latin letters is invented for the purpose ofinputting and learning Chinese character. The present invention willdescribed as follows, from which additional aspects and advantages ofthe present invention will be understood or become apparent.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention will be described with reference to theaccompanying drawings, from which the above and/or additional aspectsand the advantages of the present invention will be readily understoodand become more apparent.

FIGS. 1 a-1 g are schematic diagrams of entity components of Chinesecharacters according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 2 a-2 g are schematic diagrams of the entity components of Chinesecharacters according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 3 a-3 g and 4 a-4 g are schematic views of the entity componentsof the Chinese characters configured by different joining pieces;

FIGS. 5 a-5 g are schematic diagrams showing the entity components ofChinese characters and a connection thereof according to yet anotherembodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 6 a-6 c are schematic diagrams of a third connecting componentaccording to the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a mortise and tenon joint structureformed by the entity components of the Chinese characters according toan embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of variants of the mortise and tenon jointstructure of the Chinese characters formed by the entity components ofthe Chinese characters in FIG. 7 ;

FIGS. 9 a-9 e show a configuration example of a Chinese characteraccording to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 shows a corresponding relationship between capital Latin lettersand mortise and tenon joint structures for the Latin letters;

FIG. 11 shows a corresponding relationship between lowercase Latinletters and the mortise and tenon joint structures for the Latinletters;

FIG. 12 shows a corresponding relationship between Arabic numerals andthe mortise and tenon joint structures for the Arabic numerals;

FIG. 13 shows a corresponding relationship between Chinese numerals andthe mortise and tenon joint structures for the Chinese numerals;

FIG. 14 shows a corresponding relationship between capital Latin lettersand the mortise and tenon joint structures for squared Latin letters;

FIG. 15 shows a corresponding relationship between lowercase Latinletters and the mortise and tenon joint structures for the squared Latinletters; and

FIGS. 16A-16B show a corresponding relationship among the Latin letters,the mortise and tenon joint structures for the Latin letters andvariants of the mortise and tenon joint structures, in which FIG. 16Aillustrates the Latin letters A(a) to Q(q) and corresponding mortise andtenon joint structures and variants thereof; and FIG. 16B illustratesthe Latin letters R(r) to Z(z) and corresponding mortise and tenon jointstructures and variants thereof.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

The embodiments of the present invention are described in detail belowwith reference to the accompanying drawings, where the same or similarreference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elementshaving the same or similar functions. The embodiments described belowwith reference to the accompanying drawings are intended to beillustrative of the present invention and are not to limit the scope ofthe present invention.

It should be noted that in the description of the present invention,unless otherwise specified and limited, the terms “mounted”, “attached”,and “connected” should be interpreted expansively, which could be amechanical connection or an electrical connection, or could be internalconnection between two members, also could be direct connection orindirect connection through an media. For the skilled in the art, thespecific meanings of the above terms may be understood according tospecific circumstances.

As shown in FIGS. 1 a-1 g and 2 a-2 g , illustrated is a Chinesecharacter structuring member, which comprises a plurality of entitycomponents of different lengths, and the entity components of theChinese characters adopt one of the following three structures:

a first structure (shown in FIGS. 1 b-1 f ) provided with a connectingmechanism at the middle and/or one end or both ends of the entitycomponent of the Chinese characters to join with other entity componentsof the Chinese characters;

a second structure (shown in FIG. 1 g ) provided with a connectingmechanism extending from one end of the entity component to the otherend of the entity component without exceeding the two ends;

a third structure (shown in FIGS. 2 a-2 g ) provided with at least oneconnecting mechanisms on the entity component of the Chinese characterthat comprises a plurality of sub entity members connected end to endand rotatable at the joint; and

a fourth structure provided with connecting mechanisms which are equallyor unequally spaced on the entity component of the Chinese characterextending from one end of the entity component to the other end of theentity component for connections of different entity components.

In this embodiment, the entity components of the Chinese characters arein a straight or curved structure.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1 a , the first structures, thesecond structures and the third structures with no connecting mechanismare provided. In the embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 3 a-3 g and 4 a-4 g ,part or all of the entity components of the Chinese characters areformed by joining pieces which comprise at least the following forms:

(1) a joining piece provided with a joining unit at one end and beingsmooth at the other end (i.e., no joining unit is arranged on a surfaceof that end), wherein no connecting mechanism is arranged on a surfaceof the joining piece;

(2) a joining piece provided with a joining unit at one end and beingsmooth at the other end, wherein the connecting mechanism is arranged onthe surface of the joining piece;

(3) a joining piece provided with joining units at both ends, wherein noconnecting mechanism is arranged on the surface of the joining piece;and

(4) a joining piece provided with the joining unit at both ends, whereinthe connecting mechanism is arranged on the surface of the joiningpiece.

As shown in FIGS. 3 a-3 g and 4 a-4 g , an arbitrary mortise and tenonjoint is adopted by the present invention to connect the joining pieces,and the shape of the mortise and tenon joint could be but not limited toa rectangle, a wedge, or a sphere. The joining piece is beneficial toadjust the length of the entity component of the Chinese character, andthe design for the length of the entity component of the Chinesecharacter is simplified, so that the Chinese characters are formedthrough a small number of entity components of the Chinese characters.

In the embodiment, an entity component of the Chinese character is setto be a standard entity component, and lengths of other entitycomponents of the Chinese characters are 0.25-4 times longer than thatof the standard entity component of the Chinese characters, so thatcharacters of all proportions are formed. For example, if the standardentity component of the Chinese character is set to have a length of 4cm, and other entity components of Chinese characters have lengthsvarying from 1 cm to 16 cm, such that all the Chinese characters can beformed.

In the embodiment, the connecting mechanism for connecting differententity components of the Chinese characters can be a nylon fastener, amagnet or a mortise and tenon joint structure, by which different entitycomponents of the Chinese characters are connected. The entitycomponents of the Chinese characters are connected through the adoptedmortise and tenon joint structures which are provided with a mortise, aslot or a groove, or a protrusion or a groove for engagement. A rabbet,a mortise or a tenon groove can be adopted by part entity components ofthe Chinese characters to realize the connection between such entitycomponents with linch pin, and specifically, the following structurescan be adopted: a mortise and tenon joint using tenons of two differentlengths, a mortise and tenon joint using dowel, dovetail joint, a haunchmortise and tenon joint, a mortise and tenon joint using a throughsupporting piece, a mortise and tenon joint using three sloped tenons,and a mortise and tenon joint with chuck tenon. The mortise and tenonjoint is not only an ancient construction techniques, but a culturalpatterns formed in the history. Through the separation, connection andinsertion of members in the construction, the most suggestive andperceptive symbols in Chinese classical culture are materialized into avisual language of modern art that conforms to the Latin alphabet andbrings the Chinese character to live by showing the spirit hidden insideChinese character.

In the embodiment, part or all of the entity components of the Chinesecharacters are rotatable around their connection points when differententity components of the Chinese characters are connected.

In an embodiment, when the middle and one end of the entity component ofthe Chinese character are provided with a mortise, a slot, a groove, anylon fastener or a magnet, or when the middle and both ends of theentity component of the Chinese character are provided with a mortise, aslot, a groove, a nylon fastener or a magnet, the mortise, the slot, thegroove and the nylon fastener the magnet can be integrated as one, shownin FIG. 1 e , which realizes the diversification of the entitycomponents of Chinese strokes.

In the embodiment, the entity components of the Chinese characters aretwo-dimensional or three-dimensional.

When the entity component of the Chinese character is two-dimensional,the mortise, the slot or the groove will penetrate such entitycomponent, and the nylon fastener, the magnet and the groove orprotrusion for engagement are arranged on the surface of the entitycomponent.

When the entity component of the Chinese character is three-dimensional,the mortise, the slot or the groove can be arranged on the surface ofsuch entity component and are carved into such entity component with acertain depth; or the mortise, the slot or the groove can be arranged onfour sides of such entity component, or the mortise, the slot or thegroove can be arranged on and penetrate two opposite sides of the entitycomponent; the nylon fastener, the magnet and the groove or protrusionfor engagement are arranged on at least one side of thethree-dimensional entity component of the Chinese character. For thepurpose of learning and application, the two-dimensional (orthree-dimensional) Chinese character can be formed by arranging thetwo-dimensional (or three-dimensional) entity component of the Chinesecharacter.

In the embodiment, a nail-shaped component can also be provided, andspecifically being a metal nail, a plastic nail or a wood nail, and thetwo-dimensional entity component of the Chinese character and thethree-dimensional entity component of the Chinese character may beconnected and/or fixed by the nail-shaped component.

In the embodiment, a connecting bolt is further provided, and when theconnecting mechanism is a mortise, a slot or a groove, the connectingbolt passes through the connecting mechanism of two or three entitycomponents of the Chinese characters to connect these entity componentstogether, and ends of the connecting bolt protrudes from or is flushwith the entity components of the Chinese characters. The Chinesecharacter formed by the connecting bolt can be easily hanged since theconnecting bolt protrudes from the entity components of the Chinesecharacters. The connecting bolt comprises but is not limited to threeforms. As shown in FIGS. 6 a-6 c , a symbol of the top surface of theconnecting bolt is “−” in FIG. 6 a , and a symbol of the top surface ofthe connecting bolt is “+” in FIG. 6 b , and the top surface of theconnecting bolt is a hexagonal shape in FIG. 6 c , which achieves theconnections of different levels.

The fourth structure is shown in FIGS. 5 a-5 c , the connectingmechanisms which are equally or unequally spaced and extend from one endto the other end of the entity component for connecting different entitycomponents of Chinese characters. In the embodiment, the connectingmechanism can be a mortise, a magnet or a nylon fastener, and also couldbe a protrusion on one end and a mortise on the other end. FIGS. 5 d-5 gare the schematic diagrams of the connection between different entitycomponents of the Chinese characters, where FIG. 5 e shows the joiningof the entity components, and the connecting mechanisms shown in FIGS. 5d-5 g are mortises which are connected by the connecting bolt, and thetwo Chinese character structuring members connected by the connectingbolt, as shown in FIGS. 5 d-5 f , are rotatable.

In the embodiment, the entity components of the Chinese characters aremade of wood, plastic, metal, glass or any combination thereof. Thevarious materials help to form the mortise and tenon joint structuresand diversify the display.

A system of Chinese characters formed by mortise and tenon jointstructures is provided in the present invention. Part or all of thecapital Latin letters and/or part or all of the lowercase Latin lettersare squared according to the proportions of Chinese characters, and partor all of the squared strokes of the Chinese characters are stacked,overlapped or inserted with each other at the mortise and tenon joint ofthe strokes to form the mortise and tenon joint structures of Chinesecharacters for the Latin letters; and/or part or all of the Arabicnumerals of 0-9 are squared according to the proportions of Chinesecharacters, and part or all of the squared strokes of the Chinesecharacters are stacked, overlapped or inserted with each other at themortise and tenon joint of the strokes to form the mortise and tenonjoint structures of Chinese characters for the Arabic numbers; and/orpart or all of Chinese numerals of 1-10 are squared according to theproportions of Chinese characters, and part or all of the squaredstrokes of the Chinese characters are stacked, overlapped or insertedwith each other at the mortise and tenon joint of the strokes to formmortise and tenon joint structures for Chinese numerals. In theembodiment, the squared strokes of the Chinese characters are entitycomponents for constituting the Chinese character structures.

The system of Chinese characters formed by mortise and tenon jointstructures for the Latin letters and numerals is provided in the presentinvention, which converts the shape of a Latin letter or a numeral intoa square shape similar to the Chinese character, which realizes theconstruction and display of the modern Chinese character.

In some embodiments, the mortise and tenon joint structures of theChinese characters for the squared capital Latin letters are shown inFIG. 14 . The mortise and tenon joint structures of the Chinesecharacters for the squared lowercase Latin letters are shown in FIG. 15. It can be seen from FIG. 15 that the mortise and tenon jointstructures of the Chinese characters for the capital Latin letters andthe lowercase Latin letters are obtained through the mortise and tenonconnection, and the radicals for forming the Chinese character can beformed by part or all of the mortise and tenon joint structures of theChinese characters, such that all the Chinese characters can be formed.

In the embodiment, part or all of strokes of the ancient Chinesecharacters are squared according to the proportions of the Chinesecharacters, and part or all of the squared strokes of the Chinesecharacters are stacked, overlapped or inserted with each other at themortise and tenon joint of the strokes to form mortise and tenon jointstructures for the ancient Chinese characters.

In the embodiment, a stroke means that the writing direction is orientedin one direction with no angular bending; or the writing direction isbent with at least one angle.

In some embodiments, a first connecting component and a secondconnecting component are arranged on the mortise and tenon jointstructures of the Chinese characters. Two squared strokes of the mortiseand tenon joint structure of the same Chinese character are joined bythe first connecting component, and the two squared strokes can rotatearound the joint center of the first connecting component, which canrealize the configuration and the display of the different Chinesecharacters by mirroring, flipping and rotation, etc. The mortise andtenon joint structures of the different Chinese characters are in fixedconnection by the second connecting component.

In some embodiments, a third connecting component is further provided toconnect a structure formed by the second connecting component with othermortise and tenon joint structures of the different Chinese charactersin fixed connection. The configuration and the display of thecomplicated Chinese characters are realized by the third connectingcomponent.

In some embodiments, the first connecting component, the secondconnecting component and the third connecting component are a recess ora protrusion for engaging a mortise, a slot, a groove, a magnet or anylon fastener. In the embodiment, a nail-shaped component is furtherprovided to connect and/or fix the Chinese character structures and theentity components of the Chinese character structures, so that diversecombination can be realized.

For the specific connecting component, the bolt shown in FIGS. 6 a-6 ccan be used as the connecting component. When the bolt is used as theconnecting component, the symbol of the top surface of the firstconnecting component is “−”, as shown in FIG. 5 a ; the symbol of thetop surface of the second connecting component is “+”, as shown in FIG.5 b ; the top surface of the third connecting component is a hexagonalsymbol, as shown in FIG. 5 c , which achieves different levels ofconnecting.

As shown in FIG. 7 , the mortise and tenon joint structure of theChinese character of the letter E formed by the entity components of theChinese characters, which is the structuring member of the Chinesecharacter, is formed with four entity components of the Chinesecharacters, where three of the entity components of the Chinesecharacter using the structure shown in FIG. 1 e are connected with theone entity component of the Chinese character using structure shown inFIG. 1 d through the first bolt. As shown in FIG. 8 , the variants ofthe mortise and tenon joint structure of the Chinese character of theletter E are formed by different entity components of the Chinesecharacters, which have three entity components of the Chinese characterwith different lengths using the structure shown in FIG. 1 e and oneentity component of the Chinese character using structure shown in FIG.1 d . As shown in the drawings, the core of the present invention isthat radicals of Chinese characters are formed by moving and rotatingthe connecting mechanism of the mortise and tenon joint structures toform all Chinese characters. For example, the mortise and tenon jointstructure of the Chinese character in the first column of the first rowmay be the lower part of the ancient Chinese character “

”; the mortise and tenon joint structure of the Chinese character in thethird column of the first row may be the lower part of the Chinesecharacter “

”; the mortise and tenon joint structure of the Chinese character in thefourth column of the first row may be the lower part of the ancientChinese character “

”; the mortise and tenon joint structure of the Chinese character in thefirst column of the second row may be the lower parts of the Chinesecharacters “

”, “

” and “

”; the mortise and tenon joint structure of the Chinese character in thesecond column of the second row may be the lower part of the ancientChinese character “

”; the mortise and tenon joint structure of the Chinese character in thesecond column of the third row may be the right part of the Chinesecharacter “

”; the mortise and tenon joint structure of the Chinese character in thethird column of the third row may be the top part of the Chinesecharacter “

” the mortise and tenon joint structure of the Chinese character in thethird column of the second row may be the top part of the Chinesecharacter “

”; the mortise and tenon joint structure of the Chinese character in thethird column of the second row may be the top part of the Chinesecharacter “

”; the mortise and tenon joint structure of the Chinese character in thefirst column of the fourth row may be the Chinese character “

”; the mortise and tenon joint structure of the Chinese character in thethird column of the fourth row may be the Chinese character “

”; the mortise and tenon joint structure of the Chinese character in thesecond column of the fourth row may be the top part of the Chinesecharacter “

”; the mortise and tenon joint structure of the Chinese character in thefifth column of the third row may be the left part of the Chinesecharacter “

”; the mortise and tenon joint structure of the Chinese character in thefourth column of the fourth row may be the right part of the Chinesecharacter “

”; the mortise and tenon joint structure of the Chinese character in thefirst column of the fifth row may be the Chinese character “

”; the mortise and tenon joint structure of the Chinese character in thefirst column of the sixth row may be the Chinese character “

”.

When configuring Chinese characters, different mortise and tenon jointstructures of the Chinese characters may be connected to each otherthrough a connecting component, or may be placed side by side withoutbeing connected. For example, the left and right parts of the Chinesecharacter “

” are not connected, which means different mortise and tenon jointstructures of the Chinese characters only need to be placed in parallelaccording to the writing rules of Chinese characters.

In some embodiments, when the connecting bolt is used as the connectingcomponent in the mortise and tenon joint structures for the Latinletters or the numerals, part or all of the squared strokes of theChinese characters are provided with a straight slot on the connectingcomponent, and a joint between the squared strokes of the Chinesecharacter is movable along and/or rotatable around the straight slot ofthe squared strokes of the Chinese character connected thereto, so thatsome squared strokes of the Chinese characters are moveable and theconfiguration and display of different Chinese characters are realized.

In some embodiments, an extra stroke member is further provided. Theextra member is detachably connected to the squared strokes of theChinese characters, and end faces of the extra stroke member and thesquared strokes of the Chinese characters are the same in size. Theconfigured Chinese characters are conformed to the commonly used Chinesecharacter structure through the extra stroke member.

In the embodiment, the Chinese character “

” shown in the FIGS. 9 a-9 e is formed by three mortise and tenon joinstructures of the Chinese characters corresponding to three capitalLatin letters T, V and K shown successively in FIGS. 9 a-9 c . In themortise and tenon join structure of the Chinese character correspondingto the capital Latin letter T shown in the FIG. 9 a, a through slot isprovided on the vertical squared stroke of the Chinese character fromthe top to the middle, and the first connecting component of the mortiseand tenon join structure of the Chinese character corresponding to thecapital Latin letter V is connected to the bottom of the slot of thevertical squared stroke of the Chinese character corresponding to thecapital letter T; and the mortise and tenon join structure of theChinese character corresponding to the capital Latin letter K rotatedclockwise by 90° is connected to the bottom end of the slot of thevertical squared stroke of the Chinese character corresponding to thecapital Latin letter T through the third connecting component. Only oneof the these connecting components is needed when configuring theChinese character since the connecting components of the mortise andtenon join structure of the Chinese character corresponding to thecapital Latin letter V and the mortise and tenon join structure of theChinese character corresponding to the capital Latin letter K areoverlapped. In the embodiment, the two squared strokes of the mortiseand tenon join structure of the Chinese character corresponding to thecapital Latin letter T are connected by the first connecting componentwhich is a first bolt shown in FIG. 6 a ; and the mortise and tenon joinstructure of the Chinese character corresponding to the capital Latinletter T is connected to the mortise and tenon join structure of theChinese character corresponding to the capital Latin letter V by thesecond connecting component which is a second bolt shown in FIG. 6 b ;and the mortise and tenon join structure of the Chinese charactercorresponding to the capital Latin letter T, the mortise and tenon joinstructure of the Chinese character corresponding to the capital Latinletter V and the mortise and tenon join structure of the Chinesecharacter corresponding to the capital Latin letter K are connected viathe third connecting component which is a third bolt shown in FIG. 6 c ,so that the mortise and tenon join structure of the Chinese character “

” is formed through the above processes.

A method for inputting Chinese characters using mortise and tenon jointstructures for Latin letters or numerals is provide. All strokes of theLatin letters or the numeral are squared according to proportions ofChinese characters, and part or all of the squared strokes are stacked,overlapped or inserted at a joint to form the mortise and tenon jointstructures of the Chinese characters. The Latin letters are inone-to-one correspondence with the mortise and tenon joint structuresfor the Latin letters, and/or numerals are in one-to-one correspondencewith the mortise and tenon joint structures for the numerals. The Latinletters comprise the capital Latin letters and/or the lowercase Latinletters. The corresponding relationship between the capital Latinletters and the mortise and tenon joint structures for the Latin lettersis shown in FIG. 10 .

The corresponding relationship between the lowercase Latin letters andthe mortise and tenon joint structures for the Latin letters is shown inFIG. 11 .

The corresponding relationship among the Latin letters, the mortise andtenon joint structures for the Latin letters and variants of the mortiseand tenon joint structures for the Latin letters is shown in FIGS. 16Aand 16B.

The corresponding relationship between Arabic numerals and the mortiseand tenon joint structures for the Arabic numerals is shown in FIG. 12 .

The corresponding relationship between Chinese numerals and the mortiseand tenon joint structures for the Chinese numerals is shown in FIG. 13.

The Chinese characters are input using a Chinese character structuresand a mirror image, a reverse image and a rotation structure thereof.

The Chinese characters are conveniently and quickly input and displayedby the input method, which breaks the barrier among the symbol systemsand provides new relationships among the letters, numerals and Chinesecharacters. The (Gao's) artistic movable font with the mortise and tenonjoint structure of the Chinese character of the squared Latin letters isinvented for the purpose of inputting and learning Chinese character,i.e., shapes of strokes of the Chinese characters are converted intothat of Latin letters to help students whose first language is Latin toenhance their memory in learning Chinese, providing them with letterbasis for memory.

In this embodiment, after inputting the capital Latin letters, thelowercase Latin letters, the Arabic numerals and the Chinese numerals,the displayed mortise and tenon joint structures of the Chinesecharacters comprise part or all the mortise and tenon joint structuresof the Chinese characters in FIGS. 10-12 and 16A-16B corresponding tothe input symbols.

In the embodiment, a Chinese character structure corresponding to acapital Latin letter A is displayed When inputting one of capital Latinletters C, F, H, K, N, U, Y, and Z;

A mortise and tenon joint structure of a Chinese character correspondingto a capital Latin letter D is displayed When inputting one of capitalLatin letters G, M, O, W, and P;

A mortise and tenon joint structure of a Chinese character correspondingto a capital Latin letter E is displayed when input a capital Latinletters S;

A mortise and tenon joint structure of a Chinese character correspondingto a capital Latin letter J is displayed When inputting one of capitalLatin letters L, T, V, and X;

A mortise and tenon joint structure of a Chinese character correspondingto a capital Latin letter Q is displayed when input a capital Latinletters R;

A mortise and tenon joint structure of a Chinese character correspondingto a lowercase Latin letter a is displayed When inputting one oflowercase Latin letters c, f, h, 1, n, t, u and z;

A mortise and tenon joint structure of a Chinese character correspondingto a lowercase Latin letter b is displayed When inputting one oflowercase Latin letters d, p, m and w;

A mortise and tenon joint structure of a Chinese character correspondingto a lowercase Latin letter e is displayed When inputting one oflowercase Latin letters o, s and k; and

A mortise and tenon joint structure of a Chinese character correspondingto a lowercase Latin letter j is displayed When inputting one oflowercase Latin letters r, v, x and y.

Take the capital Latin letters A, C, F, H, K, N, U, Y and Z for example,the mortise and tenon joint structure corresponding to the input letterwill be displayed first, and followed by the mortise and tenon jointstructures corresponding to the order of the input letters. Forinstance, when the input letter is N, the mortise and tenon jointstructures corresponding to the letters N, U, Y, Z, A, C, F, H, K willbe displayed in order.

In the embodiment, the proportions of the mortise and tenon jointstructures and the deformations thereof are set according to the Chinesecharacter structure.

In the embodiment, different Chinese character structures of Chinesecharacters are different in color, which facilitates the recognition forthe configuration of Chinese characters and the learning for Chinese.

In the embodiment, taking the word “

” as an example, the word “

” is obtained by inputting capital Latin letters T, V and K, where themortis and tenon joint structure of K is rotated clockwise by 90°.

In this embodiment, FIGS. 10-12 and 16A-16B only show part of the basicmortise and tenon joint structures of the Chinese characters, and abutton for controlling the mirror image rotations of the mortise andtenon joint structures of the Chinese characters is further provided inthe present invention to control the lengths of the entity components ofthe Chinese character strokes; and a button for controlling movement androtation between different entity components of the Chinese characterstrokes is further provided in the present invention. The methods in theprior art are adopted to control the length, the movement and therotation of the entity components.

In some embodiments, the Chinese characters associated with multipleinterpretations thereof are stored in a database; when inputting theChinese characters or any of the interpretations, the Chinese charactersand the interpretations thereof are di splayed on a display.

In some embodiments, the initial of the Chinese pinyin corresponding toa Chinese character is input before the first mortise and tenon jointstructure of the Chinese character corresponding to the Chinesecharacter, or between the mortise and tenon joint structures of theChinese characters next to the mortise and tenon joint structures of theChinese characters corresponding to the Chinese character, or after thelast mortise and tenon joint structure of the Chinese charactercorresponding to the Chinese character. For example, when inputting theChinese character “

”, the corresponding Latin letters are “ADAD”, or “j dad”, or “YONO”, or“yono”, or the corresponding numerals are “7020” or “

”. The mortise and tenon joint structure of the Chinese character isinput according to FIG. 10 when choosing “ADAD”; the mortise and tenonjoint structure of the Chinese character is input according to FIG. 11when choosing “jdad”; the mortise and tenon joint structure of theChinese character is input according to FIGS. 16A-16B when choosing“YONO” or “yono”; the mortise and tenon joint structure of the Chinesecharacter is input according to FIG. 12 when choosing “7020”; themortise and tenon joint structure of the Chinese character is inputaccording to FIG. 13 when choosing “

”.

In the present invention, the structures among the Chinese characterstrokes are designed to be detachable and rotatable, and the mortise andtenon joint structures are designed to be movable and rotatable within afixed range, such that various Chinese character structure can be formedas needed. The Chinese characters with special requests can be separatedinto squared Latin letters and/or squared numerals which helped thedeformable Chinese character to line with the visual logic and visuallaw.

A movable connecting bolt provided in the connections of the Latinletter strokes allows the Latin letter strokes to rotate and deformwithin a fixed moving range to form the requested Chinese character,which greatly reduced the number of coding roots. This new Chinesecharacter structuring mode will change the traditional concept ofunderstanding and writing of Chinese characters.

The concise root table of the Chinese input method of the presentinvention has a profound significance of changing the mindset oflearning, reading, writing and inputting of Chinese characters. A newtheory of teaching and inputting Chinese characters is established bychanging the relationship between Latin letters and Chinese characters,which provides vitality to the abstract Chinese character strokes. Thesquared Latin letters are formed by the undestroyed Chinese characterstrokes, such as dots, vertical strokes, horizontal strokes,right-falling strokes, throw strokes, turning strokes.

In the present invention, the terms “in an embodiment”, “in someembodiments”, “example”, “in a specific example”, or “in some examples”and the like indicate that specific features, a structures, materials orcharacteristics described in the embodiment are included in at least oneembodiment or example of the present invention and the same term doesnot necessarily mean the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, theparticular features, structures, materials, or characteristics describedmay be combined in a suitable manner in the embodiments or examples.

Although some embodiments has been described in the present invention,it should be understood by those skilled in the art that modifications,changes, substitutions and variations of the embodiments may be madewithout departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The scopeof the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalentsthereof.

We claim:
 1. A method for inputting Chinese characters, comprising:modeling Latin letters comprising capital Latin letters and lowercaseLatin letters by using a plurality of building members having the sameor different configurations; stacking, overlapping and inserting theplurality of building members having the same or differentconfigurations to form mortise and tenon joint structures;de-structuring the Chinese characters such that each of the Chinesecharacters consists of one or more radicals; and inputting the Chinesecharacters by using the mortise and tenon joint structures and variantsthereof that correspond to the radials of the Chinese characters;wherein the variants of the mortise and tenon joint structures areformed by shift or rotation or combination of shift and rotation of themortise and tenon joint structures; wherein a first connector and asecond connector are arranged on the mortise and tenon joint structures;two building members of one of mortise and tenon joint structures arejoined by the first connector, and are rotatable around a joint centerof the first connector; and two mortise and tenon joint structures arein fixed connection by the second connector; wherein a one-to-onecorrespondence between the capital Latin letters and the mortise andtenon joint structures for the capital Latin letters is shown in FIG. 14; and a one-to-one correspondence between the lowercase Latin lettersand the mortise and tenon joint structures for the lowercase Latinletters is shown in FIG. 15 .
 2. The method of claim 1, wherein theChinese characters associated with multiple interpretations are storedin a database; when inputting the Chinese characters or any of theinterpretations, the interpretations and the Chinese characters aredisplayed on a display.
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein any one of thebuilding members is straight or bent with at least one angle.
 4. Themethod of claim 1, wherein a third connector is further provided toconnect a structure formed by the second connector with other mortiseand tenon joint structures.
 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the firstconnector, the second connector and the third connector each are arecess or a protrusion for engaging a mortise, a slot or a groove; orthe first connector, the second connector and the third connector eachare a connecting bolt, a magnet or a nylon fastener; and a nail isfurther provided to connect or fix the mortise and tenon jointstructures and the building members of the mortise and tenon jointstructures.
 6. The method of claim 5, wherein when the connecting boltis used as a connector in the mortise and tenon joint structures, atleast one of the building members of the mortise and tenon jointstructures is provided with a straight slot, and the connecting bolt ismovable along or rotatable around the straight slot of the at least oneof the building members of the mortise and tenon joint structures. 7.The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the building members isconfigured with a slot extending from a length of the one of thebuilding members without exceeding two ends; or two of the buildingmembers are connected end-to-end by the first connector, and arerotatable around a joint where the two building members are connected.8. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the building membersis configured with one or more slots having the same or differentlengths.
 9. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the buildingmembers is configured with one or more mortises.